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WAIST'BAND ATTAGHMBNT. No. 352,457.

Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

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UNITED. STATES PATENT Orrin-n..

LEON FREIDENRICH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WAISTBAND ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION orming'part of LettersiPatent No. 352,457, dated November 9, 1886.

Application tiled March 19, 1886.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, LnoN FREIDENRIOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York, and State `of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vaistband Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to waistband attachments for pantaloons; and it consists in the provision of means whereby elasticity shall be imparted to the rear portion of such garments, as hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring tothe accompanying drawings, in

` which like letters of reference point out similar parts on each ii'gure, Figure l represents a pair of pantaloons with my invention attached thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 are detailed front and rear views of my-invention.v Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view.

I n the drawings, A represents the ordinary waistband-lining. Bis a supplementary band, preferably made of two layers of fabric, b, the

upper hemmed or turned-over edge thereof serving as a stay for the upper part of buttonholes b. Said supplementary band is in practice attached at its lower edge to the waistbandlining its full length by a row of stitching, s; but it is not attached to the garment other- Wise than along `said lower line,'by which it will be understood that the whole depth of said band B will be free and form what I herein denominate as a fly button-hole band. Upon the line of such stitching s, I attach a piece of elastic textile fabric, O, of the character known as stockinet,7 the upper edge of which is on a right line, the lower edge describing the segment of arcircle, whereby such fabric will be wider and deeper at the middle, and from thence diverge toward either end, as plainly shown in the drawings. To the back side of said fabric C are strips D. Said strips have a quality of elasticity different in degree to that of the fabric C.

It will be obvious that the central strip D must be the longer one, and from the central strip each other one on either side will gradually diminish in length relatively to the depth of that portion of the fabric O over which they respectively extend. The strips D are at their upper ends inserted between the lining Serial No. 195,844. (No model.)

A and the supplementary band B, and are firmly held in position by means of stitching s.

The lower curved edge of the fabric O is bound with inelastic material, as shown at c, and between this binding and the fabric C the lower ends of the several strips D are inserted and there held in place by the same stitching, whereby said binding c is attached to the fabric C.

For a purpose hereinafter set forth each strip D must be of slightly greater length than the depth of the portion of the fabric C over which each respective strip extends.

My invention is adapted for attachment to that class of boys pants that are worn without Suspenders, and that are in practice buttoned onto a shirt-waste or jacket. It is wcll known that such apparel is subjected to severe strain and tension from every direction, but principally at and from about the point indicated by the dotted line x m, Fig. 3. Various attempts have been contrived to resist such strain and overcome the risk of tearing the garments and rupturing their fastening devices-such as -the insertion of pieces of rubber webbing under button-holes or attachment of stri ps of like material in various positions;

but it is Well known that such substances disintegrate by reason of the heat of the person, and from such cause and frequent extension and retraction lose their efficiency.

To remedy the defects of existing devices has been the object of my invention.

In carrying out my invention the bound lower curved edge of the fabric O is firmly attached to the rear portion of the pants, and, as will be seen by the drawings, such fabric C will extend down below the point upon which the several members are conjoined, which will be the line of stitching s. Such fabric O must lie in its normal condition unstretched. The

lining A is then sewed in place as an inner facing for the waist portion of pants, as common in such garments. Y

Then attachment is madevby means of button-holes b to a jacket or waist, the connection thereto will be free to yield under any tension or strain from any direction. (See radially-diverging arrows.) After the fabric O has been stretched to its full extent, if further strain ensues it will be taken up by the Strips IOOA D, which will be called into complete loperation only after the full elastic properties of the fabric C have beenV exhausted, and said strips will in their turn resist tension from whatever direction it may comeffor it will be understood that being connected only at their upper and lower ends they willl bc free to be pulled vertically or obliquely, as the case may be. It will also be understood that said strips being longer than that portion of the depth of the fabric C over which they extend, their functional action will not be called into operation until the fabric C has had its elastic properties quite or nearly exhausted. This enables the utilization of fabric C of a very light quality', as it is obvious that if dependence -were placed solely for resistance and elasticity `upon a piece of such material, adjusted as described and shown, it would h ave to be thick and be so cumbersome as to be objectionable for attachment in the intended position. The strips D prevent the stockinet from rupture as they take up the strain therefrom as soon as it is extended to a given degree. i ,Y It is my intention to prepare fly-bands `with my improvements attached thereto connected to waistband linings, as fully illustrated in detail drawings, as an artiele'of manufacture for sale to the trade.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a ily waistband provided with'button-holes b, and

having attached to its lower edge a piece of elastic fabric, C, the lower edge of which is of curvilinear form, in combination with vertical elasticV strips D, connected at their upper and lower ends rearwardly to the upper and lower edges of the fabric, substantially as described.

2. A tly waistband, B, attached at its lower edge to the waist of a pair of pants and having a downwardly-extending elastic piece of fabric, C, ofthe greater width at its middle, said elastic C having rearward strips of webbing D arranged in parallel vertical lines, attached only at their upper and lower ends, in combination with a pair of pants, to the seat of which the elastic fabric C is connected along ils curved edge, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a supplementary waistband, of the depending elastic piece C, curved atits lower edge, with a series of vertical elastic strips, D, arranged at the rear of the piece C and attached thereto at their upper and lower ends, as and for the purpose intended, substantially as described.

LEON FREIDENRICH.

Witnesses:

SAML. H. JAcoBs'oN, EDWIN H. CLARK. 

